About Last Weekend-- Part 3: Hardee's Breakfast, Saufen Und Spiel and Da Bears

SUNDAY, SEPTEMBER 9

We at Hardee's for breakfast.  We really like their breakfasts and were impressed with their new slider breakfast sandwiches.  Drove back to Spring Grove via the old way, Il-23 to Plank Road to Il-47 because of all the construction we encountered on the way to DeKalb yesterday.  This is the way we took from Palatine and later from Round Lake Beach.

Went to Sunnyside Tap in Johnsburg and watched the annual Saufen Und Spiel parade to honor  the village's German heritage.  We decided not to go to the Community Club grounds where they had bands, food, and, of course, bier.

Home and some yardwork before going to Spring Grove Pub to watch the Bears-Packers game.  Both Liz and I pull for the Packers UNLESS they play Da Bears.  Specials at the Pub were $4.50 pitchers of beer and a $5 pizza buffet. It being a new place, there weren't too many people there, but the ones that were had a good time in the first half of the game.  The less said about the second half, the better.

Parades and Da Bears.  How Much Fun Is That?  --RoadDog

TRUTHS ABOUT GROWING OLD:  It's frustrating to know all the answers, but nobody bothers to ask you the questions.

About Last Weekend-- Part 2: NIU President's Reception, Huskie Football, Four Seasons

SATURDAY, SEPTEMBER 8

We drove to DeKalb, Illinois, for the NIU President's Reception and Huskie football game against the Utah Utes.  Decided that we'd not take Il-176 and Il-23 next time because of all the construction.

Parked at the Barsema Alumni Center for the reception which had several hundred people and featured a buffet, drinks as well as speeches by the president, athletic director and a performance by the NIU Marching band.

Afterwards we adjourned to Huskie Stadium where we had free tickets.  We were playing Utah, who are part of the Pac-12 Conference.  They are a Power 5 school, always difficult for a Group of 5 school like us, but we did lead 3-0 at half.

We had around twenty marching bands perform at half time.  Stayed until the end of the third when the wind got too much for us and we left with Utah leading 7-3.  Sadly, they beat us.

Had a few drinks and watched the Cubs blow a game at the Four Seasons Bowling Alley in Sycamore, near the Motel 6 where we spent the night.

--RoadDog

ABOUT GROWING OLD:  When you get the same sensation from a rocking chair that you once got from a roller coaster.

About Last Weekend: A Grand Buffet, Legion, 145,000 Miles and the Lincoln Funeral Car

FRIDAY, SEPTEMBER 7

A day of the doctors.  Afterwards a grand buffet at the Grand Buffet Chinese restaurant in McHenry.  You sure get some great food (including crab meat and shrimp) at a price just a bit more expensive than a Big Mac meal.

Went to the Legion for 50-50 but didn't win anything.  Enjoyed Margaritaville and the Ultimate Jukebox when we got home.

SATURDAY, SEPTEMBER 8

The 2003 Malibu rolled over 145,000 miles on my way to Antioch.  Before this car, we'd never had a car go over 100,000.  We're impressed.

I toured the Abraham Lincoln Funeral Car which was on display in Antioch, Illinois, by the bandshell behind Main Street.  That is an amazing recreation of the train car that carried the body of Abraham Lincoln from Washington, D.C., to Springfield, Illinois, in 1865.

I'll write more about this eventually in my Saw the Elephant Civil War blog.

--RoadDog

TRUTHS ABOUT GROWING OLD:  When you fall down, you wonder what else you can do as long as you're down there.   That old "Help I've fallen, and can't get up" isn't so funny anymore.

9-11, 17 Years Later

Earlier today, I put up my U.S. flags and, as I do, all seven of my blogs were about September 11, 2001.

I was teaching my seventh grade social studies class when a teacher came down the hall and told me about it.  I immediately went to my radio and that is what we did the rest of that class and for all classes that day.  I explained the background behind the attacks.

Seriously, I never thought those buildings would come down like that.  The images of those buildings standing with the dense smoke coming out of them near the top against that deep blue sky will forever be with me.  It is still weird to see a pre 9-11 movie or TV show with those towers on the screen.

Going Back to Summer 1978-- Part 12:"Old Time Rock and Roll"

From September 2, 2018, Rock and Roll Roots, WDRV, 97.1 FM, Bob Stroud.

I NEED TO KNOW--  Tom Petty
DREADLOCK HOLIDAY--  10 CC    Reggae anyone?  I was just becoming aware of this great music.
OLD TIME ROCK AND ROLL--  Bob Seger   As a deejay, I sure got tired of this song.

PROVE IT ALL NIGHT--  Bruce Springsteen
HOT BLOODED--  Foreigner
ONLY YOU CAN ROCK ME--  UFO

RUNAWAY--  Jefferson Starship
STEPPIN' INTO A SLIDE ZONE--  Moody Blues
FOLLOW YOU, FOLLOW ME--  Genesis

MAGNET AND STEEL--  Walter Egan

Name That Tune (from the above songs):  "I Got A Fever Of a Hundred and Three."  Answer below.  --RoadDog



"Hot Blooded"

WLS Top Ten for September 9, 1968: "Do It Again"

Fifty Years Ago, this week.  These were the Top ten songs in Chicago according to the WLS 890 AM Silver Dollar Survey.

1.  HARPER VALLEY P.T.A.--  Jeannie C. Riley
2.  1-2-3 RED LIGHT--  1910 Fruitgum Company
3.  DO IT AGAIN--  Beach Boys

4.  PEOPLE GOT TO BE FREE--  Rascals
5.  MAGIC BUS--  Who
6.  DOWN AT LULU'S--  Ohio Express
7.  INDIAN RESERVATION--  Don Fargo

8.  YOU KEEP ME HANGIN' ON--  Vanilla Fudge
9.  I SAY A LITTLE PRAYER--  Aretha  Franklin
10.  HUSH-  Deep Purple

Now, you want to talk about a mix of music?  Here it is!

Name That Tune (from the above songs): "Mrs. Johnson You're Wearin' Your Dresses Way Too High." Answer below.  --RoadDog

TRUTHS ABOUT GROWING OLD:  Forget the health food.  I need all of the preservatives I can get.

"Harper Valley P.T.A."

Going Back to the Summer of 1978-- Part 11: "Right Down the Line"

This past Sunday, September 2, 2918, Bob Stroud went back 40 years to the music we were listening to Labor Day weekend, 1978.

SURRENDER--  Cheap Trick
KISS YOU ALL OVER--  Exile
JUST WHAT I NEEDED--  Cars

RIGHT DOWN THE LINE-- Gerry Rafferty
SHATTERED--  Rolling Stones
MY ANGEL BABY--  Toby Beau

SON OF A SON OF A SAILOR--  Jimmy Buffett
THE POWER OF GOLD--  Dan Fogelberg and Tim Weisman
ONLY THE GOOD DIE YOUNG--  Billy Joel

Name That Tune (from the above songs):  "AS A Dreamer Of Dreams And A Travelin' Man."  Answer below.  --RoadDog

ABOUT GROWING OLD:  (From the September 1, 2017, Orange Peel Gazette)    Growing od is mandatory; growing up is optional.



"Son Of A Son Of A Sailor"

Labor Day Weekend 2018-- Part 3: J's, BLT Pizza and NTN

MONDAY, SEPTEMBER 3

More rain today.  We have had rain every day since Friday and lots of it.  How long before we have no wake or closed on the Chain of Lakes.  Beginning to look like we won't get out at all on the boat this year.  Plus, after 33 years, we are seriously considering selling it.

We went to J's in Ingleside, Illinois, and enjoyed their $1.50 draft pints and half price pizza.  Their BLT pizza is one of the best in the area.  That is bacon, lettuce and tomato to those of you who don't know and it is like getting a salad on top of your pizza.

We met Usual Suspects Kevin and Kelly there and played NTN trivia, something we used to do a lot, but rarely anymore.  We had several Top 20s as individuals and he bar.

Stopped at Sunnyside on the way home.

--RoadDog

YOUR ENGLISH LESSON:  And that "eat" is the only word that if you take the first letter and move it to the last, it spells the past tense "ate"?

Labor Day Weekend 2018-- Part 2: Going back to Summer '78 and a Band at Choppers

SUNDAY, SEPTEMBER 3

Bob Stroud did his Part 4 of the Summer of 1978, the songs on the radio and in your record collection from Labor Day weekend 40 years ago.

Some of the songs:  "Right Down the Line" Gerry Rafferty, "Shattered" Rolling Stones and "Old Time Rock and Roll" by Bob Seger.

We then went to Choppers on Illinois Highway 173 in Antioch, on the channel of Channel Lake.  We enjoyed John Piet and Aging Teen Idols and had some of those great 35 cent wings.

We then went to Sunnyside Tavern in Johnsburg.

--RoadDog

A Wet and A Sick Labor Day Weekend, Didn't Stop Us Much-- Part 1

Liz and I aren't going to let little things like me getting a summer cold and a whole lot of rain Thursday to Monday.

Well, the sick stopped me Thursday and Friday.

 SATURDAY, SEPTEMBER 1

Bummer.  Paid my $4,407.73 in property taxes this morning.  And, that's just half of the yearly property tax.
We went to the Fox Lake American Legion on Nippersink Lake and saw our favorite band, 3 Aces.  They play only pop and country oldies and is a big favorite at the Legion.  One group od boaters came in wearing Ole Miss shirts and we got into a talk with them.  They said the Ole Miss Rebels are now the Landsharks.  Hope that is not correct.  I hate these Confederate haters.

Sadly, we watched the Iowa Hawkeyes blow our NIU Hiskies out in a football game on the Big 10, 11-12-13-14 Network.

Then went to Spring Grove Pub & Pizza for a while.

--RoadDog

YOUR ENGLISH LESSON:  Did you know that the word "racecar" spelled backwards still spells "racecar"?

WLS Top 40 for September 2, 1968: The Top Ten "The Magic Bus"

10.  INDIAN RESERVATION--  Don Fardon    #20
9.  BORN TO BE WILD--  Steppenwolf    #2
8.  DOWN AT LULU'S--  Ohio Express     #33

7.  THE MAGIC BUS--  Who    #25
6.  LIGHT MY FIRE--  Jose Feliciano     #3
5.  YOU KEEP ME HANGIN' ON--  Vanilla Fudge    #6
4.  DO IT AGAIN--  Beach Boys     #20

3.  PEOPLE GOT TO BE FREE--  Rascals   #1
2.  1-2-3 RED LIGHT--  1910 Fruitgum Co.    #5
1.  HARPER VALLEY P.T.A.--  Jeannie C. Riley     #1

Now, this is quite the mix or a Top Ten.

Name That Tune (from the above songs):  "It's Automatic When i talk With friends."  Answer below.  --RoadDog



"Do It Again"

I'd Celebrate That!! September 3-9: Friday Is Beer Lovers Day

**  I'd celebrate that.

SEPTEMBER 3,  MONDAY--  Labor Day**

SEPTEMBER 4, TUESDAY--  Wildlife Day**  Newspaper Carrier Day**

SEPTEMBER 5, WEDNESDAY--  Cheese Pizza Day**  But I like mine loaded, garbage style.

SEPTEMBER  6,  THURSDAY--  Read A Book Day**  Coffee Ice Cream Day

SEPTEMBER 7,  FRIDAY--  Beer Lovers Day**********   Lazy Moms Day

SEPTEMBER 8, SATURDAY--  Ampersand Day    Not sure what this is all about.

SEPTEMBER 9,  SUNDAY--  Teddy Bear Day   Weiner Schnitzel Day**   Grandparents Day**  Sure miss mine.

--RoadDog

YOUR ENGLISH LESSON:  (From Wassup magazine)    Did you know that "listen" and "silent" use the same letters?

WLS Top 40 for September 2, 1968-- Part 6: "Fool On the Hill"

15.  YOU'RE ALL I NEED TO GET BY--   #7   Marvin Gaye / Tammi Terrell  Terrell.  What a pairing.  At 2:35, much too short.

14.  FOOL ON THE HILL--  Sergio Mendes    #6   Who are those gals singing?     Sergio was born in 1941 in Brazil

13.  SOUL LIMBO--  Booker T. & the MGs   #17   A great instrumental.  If I ever had a radio show, this would be my intro-outro music.

12.  JOURNEY TO THE CENTER OF THE MIND--  Amboy Dukes    #16    Their only Top 100.  They packed about 15 minutes of music into 3:34 thanks to the flying fingers of one Ted Nugent.  Watch him play on the video.  Amazing.

11.  I SAY A LITTLE PRAYER--  Aretha Franklin      #10  Her second song on the Silver Dollar Survey for this week.  We sure lost a voice a few weeks ago.  She did such a great job with call and response to her backup singers.

Name That Tune (from the above songs):  "The Moment I Wake Up, Before I Put On My Makeup."  Answer below.  --RoadDog



"I Say A Little Prayer"

Past Movie Scratches, 2017: Major-- Pirates-- Tombstone-- Potter-- Vacation-- Ghostbusters

Movies I saw on TV in 2017.

37.   MAJOR LEAGUE--  7-29--  Cleveland Indians beating up on the White Sox.  We can't have that.

38.  PIRATES OF THE CARIBBEAN:  DEAD MAN'S CHEST--  Doubt that Davy Jones would have to shave that face.

39.  TOMBSTONE--  It's Virg, Morg and Wyatt versus the Red Sash Cowboys.

40.  HARRY POTTER: DEATHLY HALLOWS PT. 2--  Old No-Nose and Big Snake get theirs.  A lot of questions answered.

41.  VEGAS VACATION  8-24--  Good "Old" Papageorgio comes through.

42.  GHOSTBUSTERS--  8-25    Don't cross those streams.  "Dogs and Cats living together."    The Sta-Puff Man goes all gooey.

Darn Cable Goes Out.  --RoadDog

YOU'RE BECOMING A GEEK IF:  By some happy accident, you someday have kids, you want to name them after your favorite fonts.

WLS Top 40 for September 2, 1968-- Part 5: "Can't Stop Dancing"

Top 40 songs fifty years ago according to the WLS Silver Dollar Survey.

20.  LOVE MAKES A WOMAN--  Barbara Acklin     #15   By far her biggest hit.   R&B singer/songwriter from Chicago.  Born 1944.  Another song you can'y help but move to.

19.  WORKIN' ON A GROOVY THING--  Patti Drew    #62   Great slow dancing song.  Love the guy with that bass voice.  Born in 1944 in Charleston, S.C..  Moved to Evanston, Illinois in 1956.  This song written by Neil Sedaka and Roger Atkins.

18.  CAN'T STOP DANCING--  Archie Bell & the Drells    #9  Actual title "I Can't Stop Dancing."  His second biggest hit after "Tighten Up" (#1-1968) earlier in the year.  Like he said, he's from Texas.

17.  HUSH--  Deep Purple    #4    Their biggest hit until 1973's "Smoke On the Water" which also peaked at #4.   British pioneer heavy-metal band formed by Ritchie Blackmore.  Cover of a Billy Joe Royal song from 1967 where they definitely took it for a different spin.

16.  ALICE LONG--  Boyce / Hart     #27   Actual Title "Alice Long (You're Still My Favorite Girlfriend)".  Tommy Boyce and Bobby Hart.  Songwriting duo and production team.

Name That Tune (from the above songs):  "I Got A Certain Little Girl She's On My Mind."  Answer below.  --RoadDog


"Hush"

WLS Top 40 for September 2, 1968-- Part 4: "Tuesday Afternoon

25.  TUESDAY AFTERNOON--  Moody Blues     #24    Who could craft a better tune?  Formed in Birmingham, England in 1964.    Actual title "Tuesday Afternoon (Forever Afternoon).

24.  EYES OF A NEW YORK WOMAN--  B.J. Thomas     #28   Hard not to move some part of your body to this song.   The B.J. stands for Billy Joe.

23.  FIRE--  The Crazy World of Arthur  Brown     #2   Watch the video with the burning metal helmet.  For some reason I always thought he was a black guy.

22.  ON THE ROAD AGAIN--  Canned Heat    #16   What a sound they had.   Blues-Rock band formed in Los Angeles in 1966.

21.  MY SPECIAL ANGEL--  Vogues   #7   Formed in Turtle Creek, Pennsylvania, in 1960.  Bobby Helms had the first hit with it in 1958 and it also went to #7.

Name That Tune (from the above songs):   "I Am The God Of Hell Fire."  Answer below.  --RoadDog

YOU'RE BECOMING A GEEK WHEN:  Your shrink says "Mother" and you say "board."


"Fire"

WLS Top 49 for September 2,1968-- Part 3: "Sunshine of Your Love"

30.  THE HOUSE THAT JACK BUILT--  Aretha Franklin     #8  Especially considering she died a couple weeks ago.    Great Song.

29.  DREAM A LITTLE DREAM OF ME--  Mama Cass    #12   Taking an old standard from 1931 into the 1960s.  First recorded by Ozzie Nelson (you know, Ricky Nelson and the TV show).  Also by Wayne King and His Orchestra.

28.  SUNSHINE OF YOUR LOVE--  Cream     #5  Their biggest hit.   Unmistakable opening riff.

27.  THE WEIGHT--  Jackie DeShannon     #55   And I was sure the Band did it first.  After all it was their song..  But, the Band did it first, but it only peaked at #68.  One of my all-time favorite songs.  However, I don't sing it very well on karaoke.  But I try.
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26.  HELLO, I LOVE YOU--  Doors   #1   Another grab you right away opening riff.

Name That Tune (from the above songs):  "I Pulled Into Nazareth I Was Feeling Bout Half Past Dead."    Answers below.  --RoadDog

YOU'RE BECOMING A GEEK WHEN:  You can type faster than you can speak.


"The Weight"

Music Deaths: "The Queen of Soul" Aretha Franklin

ARETHA FRANKLIN, 76

Died August 16, 2018

Born in Detroit in 1942 and her first recordings were gospel  At 18, she signed with Columbia and began secular singing.  Her biggest hit there was "Rock-A-Bye Your Baby (With a Dixie Melody"  (#37-1961).

In 1967 her career really kicked off when she moved to Atlantic Records and legendary producer  Jerry Wexler started working with her.  he took her to Muscle Shoals, Alabama, and she had a hit with "I Never Loved A Man (The Way That I Loved You)"  (#9-1967).

The two then recorded what would become Aretha's signature song, the Otis Redding song "Respect" (#1-1967)

Some other Top Ten songs:

"Chain of Fools"  (#2-1968)
""Spanish Harlem:  (#2-1971)
"Until You Come Back To me"  (#3-1974)
"Baby I Love You"  (#4-1967)

I've Been Listening to Several Greatest Hits CDs of Hers.